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ransos wrote: ↑

1 week ago

I'm slow roasting a shoulder of lamb over boulangere potatoes. The smell of garlic and rosemary is making me very hungry.

I also, for no great reason, decided to open a bottle of something special:

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OMFG Boulangère potatoes!!!! I want your dinner.

BTW although it might be a 'minefield', we've got ourselves into it by failing to meet the issue head-on. In order to talk about Irsael without giving ground to anti-semitism, we first have to talk about Israel, and that means tackling the liberal taboos surrounding it. Israel as it currently exists...

If everyone who made a simplistic, crass or glib analogy was some sort of irredeemable bigot who was unfit for public office or ought to be banned from social media, then there'd be no candidates left, and we'd all be offline. The 'cycle of abuse' theory is questionable anyway, even before we consid...

Sonic Budgie wrote: ↑

1 month ago

I think having your legs chopped off would be an issue for most people to be honest.

No pleasing some folk.

Joan wrote: ↑

1 month ago

I know you are all desperate to see the other offerings....

The pot of German stuff is doing it for me. And you can't see the French beef stew but the guy serving it is a good advertisement for it. I've not eaten yet today.

now I have found out the other salad will be a what's-in-the-veggie-drawer melange of greens, tomatoes et al. Looks like there wasn't much in their veggie drawer, then. Your tabbouleh (if that's what it is) is clearly the star of the salad show. All this talk of salade niçoise is making me fantasiz...

ransos wrote: ↑

1 month ago

Our lobster was being flambéed out of shot.

Well, you wouldn't want to show off...

LowlifeDes wrote: ↑

1 month ago

Or The Felpham measure.

I make that about 0.4L...

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ransos wrote: ↑

1 month ago

defeated by an enormous cassoulet

There are worse ways to die.

It’s not hyperbole. The Full Fact reference you link to was looking at one set of claims based on a particular report. There have been multiple reports which have demonstrated deaths related to government policies - including reports from government departments. In keeping with Joan's appeal for a ...

JohnToo wrote: ↑

1 month ago

Why are we all so testy with each other today? Is it because we're all so depressed at the growing prospect of Johnson winning?

'Today'?

Chris Morris has a new film out next week! It's called The Day Shall Come:



He talks to Jon Snow about it here:

Iris wrote: ↑

1 month ago

I'm sure there's a lot to be written about why I'm recommending light entertainment rather than serious drama...

I'm just enjoying the thought of you tuning into a channel called 'Dave', TBH!

Doco on BBC2 right now built around the testimonies of the women assaulted by Harvey Weinstein.